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Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love

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Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love

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Post by photochemsyn »

DerWOK wrote: post #2

Quote from the Github repo: _"The following criteria guided the development process: Get the right glyphs. Like the actual ones. By now everyone's heard how the Matrix glyphs are some treatment of Katakana, but they also include a few characters from Susan Kare's Chicago typeface. The Matrix glyphs in this project come from the source: cleaned up vectors from an old SWF for an official Matrix product, archived back i…

The config file describing the glyphs is worth looking at. Also all the variable settings with comments. Pretty awesome work:

https://github.com/Rezmason/matrix/blob/master/js/config.js

Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love

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Post by tomxor »

Shameless plug

Matrix opening scene "Trace Program Running" in 194 bytes of javascript

https://www.dwitter.net/d/25497

Close to authentic but not 100% due to fonts, non-linear easing of the zoom, and of course the end transition diving into the CGI 0 which is a bit beyond this size bracket of code golfing (although you kind get a modicum of the effect via aliasing).

Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love

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Post by zingplex »

tomxor wrote: post #27

Shameless plug Matrix opening scene "Trace Program Running" in 194 bytes of javascript https://www.dwitter.net/d/25497 Close to authentic but not 100% due to fonts, non-linear easing of the zoom, and of course the end transition diving into the CGI 0 which is a bit beyond this size bracket of code golfing (although you kind get a modicum of the effect via aliasing).

For those interested, the beta version of dwitter.net has an option to show the uncompressed copy of the code

https://beta.dwitter.net/d/25497

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